Pea-picking machine.



No. 759,381. A BATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

I s. E. KIEROLF. PEA PIGKING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 26, 1903.

' E0 MODEL.

ATENT *FFEQEQ SALEM E. lrIiEROLFi OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE,

PrEA PlGhlliG $EJECZFXQATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,383., dated May 10, 190 Application filed l'iny 25,1903. Serial No. 158,855. (No model.

To all lull-om it many concern:

Be it known thati, SALEM E. KrnnoLr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in thecounty of Madison and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pea-Picking Machines; and i do hereby declare the foiloving to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention reiates to certain improvements in what are termed pea-picking machines or harvesters, it also being equally adapted to ciover-biossom harvesters and for I 5 like purposes. It is more especially adapted .for use in sconnection with a machine which ,i'orms the subject-matter of Letters Patent granted to me February i, 1902, No. 692,i56, and has for its object more particularly to so render more eii'ective the action of the picln ing or flailing cylinder and to simplify and cheapen the construction of said cylinder.

' Said invention consists of such a cylinder produced in sections and in such a manner 2 5 that it will have the requisite yielding or elasto action upon the vines in removing the peapods therefrom, and yet he of suthclent I'lgld to effectively act upon the vines, as in de pressing or iec ;hng them to the machine in 3 effecting such removal of the pea-pods, also to provide for forming a shaft for supporting said cyiinder, so as to obviate the passing of said shaft therethrough, heretofore in suspending the same in position, and in certain 3 5 other details of construction and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed,'and specifically pointed out by claims. 1

in the accompanying drawings, illustrating 4 the ireferrcd embodiment oi my invention Figure 1 is a view showing said invention applied'for use in connection with tlie machine above referred to. -Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof, and Figs. 8, 4, and 5 are detailed 4-5 views thereof.

it will be understood that latitude is allowed herein as to details, asthey may be changed as circumstances suggest without departing from the spirit of my invention and the same yet be intact and be protected In carrying out my invention I provide a cylinder 1, which is suitably supported in position foroperation, shownin Fig. 1, as in my patent above referred to, said cylinder being arranged in a plane above the roll 2,

and by the combined action oi which cylinder 5, and shaft-sections 6, having radial ribs 6,

between which are inserted said wooden sections, said head-sections accordingly conforming to the approximately quadrant-shaped spaces between said ribs. Between the longitudinal meeting edges of said concave-convex plates are inserted, preferably, pieces of leather or other flexible material 7, to provide for exerting a yielding or elastic action upon the pea-pods the cylinder revolves in detaching said pods from the vines, and thus prevent the crushing or destruction of the vines of the peas, as would otherwise be the case. Also it will be observed that by this arrangement and construction of shaft-sections, which also serves to effect the holding of the component parts of the cylinder together, is obviated the use of a continuous shaft extending longitudinally through the cyiinder, as heretofore, and whereby the cylinder possesses a limited amount of flexibility, as desirable in the use of such a cylinder, while lessening expense and siinpiii'ying' construction.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, lS-r 1. Aiiailing-cylinder comprising a series of longitudinal concave-convex plates having arranged bctwoen their meeting longitudinal edges yielding pieces of material and heads comprising sections to which said plates are secured. I

2. A flailing-cylinder comprising heads each having a series of sections, and shaft-sections provided with ribs between which are inserted said head-sections, and means for securing said shaft-sections.

3. Aflailing-cylinder comprising heads produced of wooden sections suitably secured together and longitudinal concavo-convex plates secured to said wooden sections, said plates having arranged between their-meeting longitudinal edges flexible pieces of material.

4. A flailing-cylinder consisting of longitudinal plates having effective edges, heads consisting of series of sections, plates secured to said sections and shaft-sections'having ribs between which are receivedsaidhezid-eotions.

5. A flailing-cylinder consisting of a series of concavo-convex plates, flexiblexor leather strips secured between the longitudinal edges of said plates, heads comprising wooden sections to which said plates are secured, end plates secured tosaid sections, and shaft sections having radial ribs between which are received said head-sections.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, SALEM E. KI'EROLF. Witnesses:

W. D. KIEROLF, '1, H. HoR'rMUs. 

